Ever since NASA announced the discovery of the exoplanet Kepler 452b, people have been eager to know what that mystery world was like.And here I was, borne 1,400 light years from Earth in a ...

Kepler's imagined worlds 11 photos. Kepler-452b may be Earth's close cousin, but living on the newfound world would still be an alien experience. A group of pioneers magically transported to the ...

Kepler-452b is 1,400 light years from Earth - and each light year is 5.88 trillion miles - which means it would take the best part of a millenium-and-a-half to reach it if a spacecraft could ...

The planet, called Kepler-452b, is about 60% larger in diameter than Earth and circles a sun-like star that sits about 1,400 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus.

Kepler 452B: Nasa announces discovery of new planet seen as 'close cousin' to Earth. The planet has an atmosphere that could contain water and therefore extra-terrestrial life ...

Kepler 452b is warm, possibly wet, and might be able to host plant life - however, it's 1,400 lightyears away. A lightyear is the distance that a beam of light can travel in a year.

Scientists have found another planet just like Earth 01:12. The planet, known as Kepler-452b, orbits a yellow G2-type star some 1,400 light years away in the constellation Cygnus, taking 385 days ...

Kepler-452b takes 385 to orbit its star, and is in the habitable zone where liquid water could exist, making it a close Earth cousin. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-CalTech/R. Hurt) ...

Kepler-452b's star is apparently older than the sun — 6 billion years, compared to 4.5 billion years. It's thus in a more energetic phase of its life cycle than the sun is; ...

Kepler-452b may be Earth’s close cousin, but living on the newfound world would still be an alien experience. A group of pioneers magically transported to the surface of Kepler-452b—which is ...

Kepler-452b may be Earth's close cousin, but living on the newfound world would still be an alien experience. A group of pioneers magically transported to the surface of Kepler-452b — which is ...